An International Journal for Teachers

 

The Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education p 2  Neville Davies & Peter Holmes
The authors present their vision for the Centre's role in raising statistical standards in the new millenium, particularly in relation to schools.

Intransitive Dice p 4 M N Deshpande
In a recent issue of Teaching Statistics, an intransitive dice competition was published. In this article some further interesting results about such dice are presented..

A Statistics Field Trip p 7  Susan Meacock
Ideas for statistical investigations can be found in all sorts of places, even on holiday.

COMPUTING CORNER
More Statistical Nuggets with a Graphics Calculator p 11 Alan Graham
This article follows on from the one in the previous issue concerning exploration of the graphics calculator.

The Monty Hall Matrix p. 17  Joseph G Eisenhaur
A general procedure for solving the 'Monty Hall problem' is demonstrated using probability matrices, and an n-dimensional extension is presented..

How Many Rs are there in Statistics? p. 22 Bill Gibson
The basic principles involved in the collection and analysis of data in a regression situation are discussed.

Amazing Graphs p. 25  Herman Callaert
A cautionary tale about bad habits in grahical displays.

Data have no Meaning when Separated from their Context p. 27 Jostein Lillestol
It is argued that many statisticians teach their subject without much concern about the context in which their methods will be used. This issue is illustrated by the analysis of data on cashier fraud at a supermarket. Here different contexts lead to different questions and different modes of analysis.

BOOK REVIEWS
Calculator Maths by  Alan Graham & Barrie Galpin  p.30
Reviewed by Ralph Riddiough

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